Export ?

[Paulo Pinto]

Windows is not alone in this regard. AIX uses a similar behaviour

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/comphelp/v7v91/topic/com.ibm.vacpp7a.doc/proguide/ref/compile_library.htm#compile_library

Remember not all UNIXes are made alike. :)

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Paulo



On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 at 17:44:54 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 19:36:06 deadalnix wrote:
>> On this newsgroup with Jonathan M Davis, we started discussing 
>> export.
>> As it was off topic, and as it was interesting, I wish to 
>> bring it here.
>> 
>> As most of you know, all symbol on posix systems are export, 
>> but not on
>> windows. As D have an export keyword, the question is what to 
>> do with it.
>> 
>> The need for change in the UNIX world of this behavior exists, 
>> and some
>> move has been made in direction of explicitly hiding symbols ( 
>> see
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility ).
>
> As I said in the other thread, I _hate_ export. It's one of 
> Windows largest
> misfeatures IMHO. It drives me nuts when I have to deal with it 
> in C++. The
> fact that Linux exports everything is _fantastic_. It's so much 
> easier to deal
> with. I'd _hate_ to see Linux or anything we do move in the 
> direction of what
> Windows has done.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis